fusiform

English

Muscle shapes, fusiform on the left

Etymology

From Latin fusus ‎(“spindle”) + -iform.

Adjective

fusiform ‎(comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

1. (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

   Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).‎

Translations

spindle-shaped

• Bulgarian: вретеновиден (bg) ‎(vretenoviden)
• Finnish: sukkulamainen
• French: fusiforme (fr)
• Greek: ατρακτοειδής (el) m, f ‎(atraktoeidís)

• Portuguese: fusiforme (pt)
• Russian: веретенообра́зный (ru) ‎(veretenoobráznyj)
• Spanish: fusiforme (es)

Derived terms

• fusiform gyrus